Now iPhone owners can make Skype calls, says SHAPE Services. The application is designed especially for iPhone’s touch screen and uses the device’s Safari web browser. “We decided to use our mobile IM and mobile Skype experience and develop an application for them”, said Igor Berezovsky, the company’s CEO. “No tweaks are necessary.”
IM+ for Skype is not provided by Skype itself, but by Shape Services, a Stuttgart-based third party developer, explains TG Daily.
IM+ for Skype and SkypeOut credits for voice communication are used for calls to any number around the globe. For users of Skype Unlimited and Skype Pro plans, IM+ enables almost free calling from the mobile device to any PC with Skype or any landline/mobile number, says the company.
IM+ for Skype is already available for BlackBerry RIM, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Palm OS, Symbian and J2ME devices. The application works in any network and doesn’t require WiFi. For a limited time IM+ for Skype iPhone version is being offered free of charge to all iPhone users.
SHAPE’s flagship IM+ Mobile Messenger supports public and corporate IM systems: MSN/Live Messenger, AIM/iChat, Yahoo!, Jabber, ICQ, Google Talk, MySpace, Skype, Microsoft LCS, Lotus Sametime, Reuters Messaging and Oracle IM on Blackberry RIM, Symbian (S60, Series 80, Series 90 and UIQ), Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone, J2ME, i-mode, Palm OS, BREW and iPhone.
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